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OnePlus 15R vs OnePlus 13s

88 out of 100
OnePlus 15R
VS
83 out of 100
OnePlus 13s
OnePlus 15R
OnePlus 13s

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.83-inch OnePlus 15R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on December 17, 2025, against the OnePlus 13s, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15R
  • Has a 0.51 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1550 mAh larger battery capacity: 7400 vs 5850 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • The phone is 6 months newer
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13s
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Weighs 29 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.34 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 13s crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
71.6
(Good)
Value Index
45.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 15R
vs
OnePlus 13s

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.32 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2800 pixels 1216 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.54:9
PPI 450 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-165 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Crystal Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 90.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 15R
6.83″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
OnePlus 13s
6.32″ (19.54:9 ratio) = 15.2 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15R
3534 nits
OnePlus 13s
n/a

Design and build

Height 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) 150.8 mm (5.94 inches)
Width 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) 71.7 mm (2.82 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Green, Purple Black, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 15R
90.1%
OnePlus 13s +1%
90.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 13s
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3840 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 13s
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15R
2787
OnePlus 13s +1%
2802
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15R +4%
9181
OnePlus 13s
8830
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 15R
20796
OnePlus 13s +19%
24802
Compute Score (GPU) 20796 24802
Single-core score 2787 2802
Multi-core score 9181 8830
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15R +1%
3039097
OnePlus 13s
3013469
CPU 935642 868542
GPU 1004668 1107935
Memory 384268 370216
UX 714519 666776
Total score 3039097 3013469
Samples [12 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 80%
Graphics test - 18 FPS
Graphics score - 2366
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 42 FPS
Section 1 - 48 FPS
Section 2 - 42 FPS
Section 3 - 36 FPS
Graphics score - 10993
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 15017
Video editing - 6717
Photo editing - 27420
Data manipulation - 13670
Writing score - 23240
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (106th and 112th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 (Ketrox)AnTuTu 122895140
📘 2026-09-18 (Luky)AnTuTu 123282930
📘 2026-09-15 (Kolli)AnTuTu 112919996
📘 2026-07-24 (Jawad)Geekbench 6 CPU2787 / 9181
📘 2026-07-20 (Jawad)AnTuTu 112893343
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OnePlus 13s
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-24 (Vasy1163)AnTuTu 112915150
📘 2026-08-19 (Dhruv)Geekbench 6 GPU25056
📘 2026-07-28 (Vanskyver)Battery lifeSOT 4:42 / 20:00
📘 2026-07-15 (Hamza)AnTuTu 113013469
📘 2026-03-04 (Jaini)Geekbench 6 GPU24802
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 16
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7400 mAh 5850 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (64% in 30 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:53 hr 0:51 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:57 hr -
Watching video 27:30 hr -
Gaming 09:10 hr -
Standby 157 hr -
General battery life
OnePlus 15R
38:56 hr
OnePlus 13s
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony LYT-700
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.0
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size - 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32C CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2025 June 2025
Release date January 2026 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $650
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 15R. But if the gaming is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 13s.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
57 (41.3%)
81 (58.7%)
Total votes: 138

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